Improvement in bell toys



s. T. RIC-2 BELL TOYS. No 183,209, Patenlted'oct. 1 1376.

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. JAMES ROSGOOD 8 CO BOSTON UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. RICH, OF MIDDLE HADDAM, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO J. C.

- CLARK & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELL TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,209, dated October 10, 1876 application filed August 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. RICH, of Middle Hadda'm, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Mounted Toy Bell, of which the following is a specification:

Figurelis aside view of one of my improved toy bells. Fig.2 isasection of the same, taken through the'line w :20, Fig. Fig. 3 is a side view of a modified form of the same. Fig. 4 is a section of the same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 3.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of the toy bell for which Letters Patent No. 169,419 were granted to J. C. Clark, November 2, 1875, in such a way that the vibrations of the bell may be less obstructed by the mounting, so that the sound may be cleared.

The invention 'will first be described in connection with drawing, and then pointed out in axle B or the axle B may be extended through the bell, and the other wheel C may be attached to its projecting end. In this case the hole in the bell, through which the axle projects, should be made so large that the bell will not touch the axle at that end.

E is the bail, which is made of wire, bent into V shape, and its ends are bent inward and enter holes in the outer ends of the hubs of the wheels C, or of the axle to which said wheels are attached. The bail E has an eye formed upon its middle part for the attachment of the cord by which it is drawn.

By this construction the bell Ais supported at only one point, so that its vibration will be unobstructed, and the sound will be clearer than when the bell is supported at two points.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The toy bell A, consisting of a spherical perforated shell, secured at one side only to the axle andmounted upon the wheels C C, connected by the bail F, when constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

JOHN T. RICH.

Witnesses:

JOSIAH AoKLEY, S. P. WILLIAMS. 

